But why do we speak of different ages as if they secure to us different periods of labour, for who can say how short his time is? There may be many here who may never hear another sermon, as I myself may never preach one. You may single out the powerful young man with his broad chest, and open forehead, and powerful arm, who may think himself safe for many years to come, but who can say that ere a week closes, there shall not be another funeral procession, and that young man, notwithstanding all his strength, be borne by his sorrowing friends to an unlooked-for grave? You may note some middle-aged man in the full vigour of midday life, who now thinks only how he may maintain his wife and family; but let him remember that ere another Sabbath dawns, that wife may be a widow and those children fatherless. Oh, dear brethren, remember, I beseech you, how short your time may be, and take heed that when the day closes, you may be found in Christ! The door is open to you now. The invitation is open to you now. The promises of the Spirit are presented to you now. All the rich gifts of the kingdom are offered now without money and without price. Nay, more than that, you are now invited, urged, entreated to accept them. But the night may come and the door be shut to-morrow. Hearken, then, I beseech you, ye that are still unconverted sinners, ye that are still without Christ. Hearken, ye that are still strangers to peace, and may God grant you such a sure salvation in Him that you may be able to say, whenever the day closes, “To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain!” * * * * * * * * * * Macintosh, Printer, Great New-street, London. BY THE SAME AUTHOR, The SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES of our PROTESTANT CHURCH. Price 3_s._ Hatchard. The TIME of the END. Price 1_s._ 6_d._ Hatchard. The COMMUNION and COMMUNICANT. Intended for Inquirers respecting the Lord’s Supper. Price 4_d._ Hatchard. The JESUITS. Jackson. BAPTISM as TAUGHT by the BIBLE and the PRAYER-BOOK. Wertheim.